mobile data collection

Have you been wishing for a superpower that would let you evaluate your data collection within minutes? Something to help you get answers to the questions that concern your most important decisions? “Who are the top and bottom performers in my team?”, “How many total responses did we collect last week?”, “How…

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Successful data collection is only half the battle won, smart data analysis is the other half. We have just added a new feature on Collect that will make your analysis easier and give you more control over your data. Now you can download your data as an Excel spreadsheet using Collect. Download…

The first step to a successful data collection project is creating the right survey form. Understanding which data points to collect, figuring out the best question types, and creating a form from scratch can take time. To help you create better forms in less time, we have added form templates…

“How is my data collection project doing? What impact is my intervention creating? How is it improving over time?” While running an intervention, you often want to answer these critical questions. With the latest update on our data collection app Collect you will be able to do all this and…

Over the past six months we have added a bunch of powerful features on our mobile data collection app Collect. These changes have been made with a focus on improving data quality, and making data analysis easier and more efficient for our users. Here is a quick roundup of all…

One of the major goals of any data collection project is to collect the most accurate data. To make this possible, our data collection app Collect supports a diverse set of question types, and here is a wonderful addition to the list. Get ready to go beyond the limits of…

Wouldn’t it be great if you could be present on the ground, ensuring the best quality data collection? But that’s not always possible. The latest update on Collect gives you a smarter alternative! With audio audits, you can keep a check on how well your surveys are conducted so that the incoming data…

Text and numerical data is no longer enough! The ability to capture field responses in more interactive ways has become the game changer for a data collection project. Complex projects are often required to tap into different dimensions of the field reality and Collect lets you do it in an…

The thing about bad data is that it can cost you much more than money, especially when you have critical decisions to make. We know how crucial data quality is, and that’s why we have introduced a new feature on our mobile data collection app, Collect, to ensure the correctness…

Out there in the field, every minute matters! There is a logistical cost associated with every extra minute spent, and it is only going up. To help large deployments become more efficient, we have added a missed call verification feature on our data collection app, Collect. Missed Call Verification 🔔✔️ In every…

Facing trouble with collecting high quality data? We have you covered! The recent updates on our data collection app, Collect, ensure that the data coming in from the field is of the quality that you want. With image quality alerts and response validation, you don’t need to worry about bad images,…

Who doesn’t like faster and easier data analysis? Not anyone that we know of! That’s why we have an exciting new feature on our data collection app, Collect, to ensure that data analysis is simpler and data analysts, happier. Keywords and Option Codes Dealing with long column names can be…

At the end of the day, you must come up with an an optimal solution that meets all your functional requirements while being cost-effective. If you decide to collect data using an interactive app on a smartphone, you’ll have to consider a variety of factors that will have budgetary, technological…

Our data collection platform, Collect, has been solving diverse problems for the past three years. While helping national ministries, philanthropies, corporates, and other organizations take smarter decisions, we often come across use cases — or as we like to call them, opportunities — to expand its functionality and take its…

We’re super excited to announce the launch of the first online course from the SocialCops Academy — Planning for Data Collection. Sign up here. Master the basic concepts, tools and tips you need to create a stellar data collection plan for your organization in this online course. Learn how mobile-based…

Writing a survey for a mobile app requires a different strategy than a survey taken with pen and paper or on a desktop computer. Mobile data collection is a completely different experience than standard surveys, and a mobile-friendly survey should reflect that. Below are some strategic and technical elements to…

The monitoring and evaluation (M&E) process is turning into a spry new creature with technology. With increasing emphasis on real-time feedback, more rigorous data collection, and quantifiable results, the spread and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in monitoring and evaluation — ‘ICT4M&E’ in short — has sparked massive interest,…

SocialCops recently worked with Tata Trusts as a data and technology partner to conduct two census surveys in Chandrapur (Maharashtra) and Noamundi (Jharkhand). Chandrapur and Noamundi are some of the most backward areas in their states. The areas have difficult terrain with little or no access to phone connectivity and electricity.…

Obtaining reliable data and actionable information is a difficult task. Every step of the process — from survey design to implementation to analysis — leaves margin for error. Survey designers are human with inherent viewpoints and unconscious habits of thought. While we all rely on and benefit from mental shortcuts, pre-established understanding…

Realm is a mobile database framework for iOS and Android. It is designed as a replacement for SQLITE and Core Data. I stumbled upon the Realm database while looking for a better database for Collect, our mobile-based data collection tool. It has a complex database structure for saving and retrieving of…

Introduction: Logistics in the Social Sector Industrial supply chain and logistics management solutions are a major application area of data-driven systems, and can be seen as a precursor to the big data revolution. However, you would be surprised how managing logistics in the social sector is an entirely different ball…

My name is Richa and I recently joined the SocialCops team in a “Resident Entrepreneur” role. Seriously. I was told to create my own title when I joined, and so I did. Having worked as an associate at a consulting firm for two years conducting primary research and randomised controlled trials,…

Update: We are currently inviting applications for the 2018 cohort of the Data for Impact Fellowship. Learn more and apply here! I remember sitting on what was then my first train journey on the Fellowship – the Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani on the 4th of January 2015. Winter in Mumbai was at one extreme in…

Welcome to the Collect changeblog. Here’s where we try and keep you – our users – updated with all the product changes, and explain to you how they’d affect your Data Collection processes. This week’s release 1.0.9 is a mixed bag of surprises and long awaited features. This release should definitely…

Welcome to the Collect changeblog. Here’s where we try and keep you – our users – updated with all the product changes, and explain to you how they will affect your data collection processes. This week, we are releasing a new version of the application (1.0.7) which has been updated…

At SocialCops, we developed a mobile data collection tool that is now used by partners globally to collect data via mobile and run their monitoring processes. It can save money by reducing the cost of data collection by 23% for our over 150+ partners. You ask how? Let us break it down…